Ukrainian President Poroshenko confident UN will recognize Russia as ‘occupier state’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed his full confidence that the UN General Assembly would adopt a resolution on the Crimea in which Russia would be recognized as an “occupying state.”
“The UN resolution on the Crimea will be adopted for sure. In this document, Russia will be called a state that occupies Ukrainian territory,” said the President at the international economic forum “Innovations. Investments. Kharkiv Initiatives!”
Poroshenko also said that some countries assured him …
Russian cargo planes deliver S-300 missile systems to Syria
Over the last two days, three Russian Air Force An-124−100 Ruslan cargo planes flew to Khmeimim airbase in Syria, reports Eurasia Daily. The planes flew over the Caspian Sea and then Iran and Iraq. According to the reports, seven more IL-76 military cargo planes landed in Khmeimim airbase during this past week.
On September 24, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu announced that Russia would begin deliveries of S-300 systems to Syria. The Russian decision to send these systems to Syria came …
United States to stop using Russian rocket engines
The United States plans to stop using Russian RD-180 rocket engines within five years period, which they have been buying since 1997.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the company Blue Origin, owned by the Amazon’s founder billionaire Jeffrey Bezos, received a contract to supply replacement for Russian power plants. It will supply the new BE-4 engines for the next-generation Vulcan launches vehicles made by the United Launch Alliance (ULA). The company scheduled first launch in 2020. …
Kyiv: Ukraine to reinforce its Azov Sea flotilla with American boats
Two Island-class patrol boats given to Ukraine by the US will be rearmed and sent to the Sea of Azov, Verkhovna Rada First Deputy Chairwoman Iryna Herashchenko wrote on Facebook.
“The US has given Ukraine two Island-class boats which will be fitted with weapons. They are ideally suited, among other things, to reinforcing Ukraine’s military presence in the Sea of Azov… They will serve our Navy for another 25-30 years, and will protect and patrol Ukrainian waters, even Ukrainian Crimea, I …
Moldovan Prime Minister demands withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria
During a speech at the UN General Assembly, Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from Transnistria, according to Moldovan government website.
“We call upon the Russian Federation to stop their illegal and provocative actions and resume the withdrawal of the armed forces in accordance with the commitments made at OSCE summit in Istanbul in 1999,” said the Prime Minister.
He explained that the withdrawal of the Russian troops from the territory of Moldova …